The Real Heroes of Hanukah? Us
This is the d’var Torah that I shared at Congregation Kol HaNeshama tonight: Tonight is the fourth night of Hanukah, …
Category Archives: blessings
Looking Straight Ahead – Sarah’s Test
We know that God isn’t “up there” somewhere, but we still look up when beseeching God, still quote the Psalmist, …
Seven Tips on How to Be a Blessing
This is the d’var Torah I offered last night at my synagogue. This week’s Torah portion is Lech L’cha, when …
God’s Vocabulary
“God gave me mind and heart to learn divine matters from natural events.” So wrote Harold Schulweis while in the …
Communal Prayer
I’ve been thinking about communal prayer since my last post, when I wrote about how much it means to me. …
Beyond Unplugging
The inherent problem with classical Judaism’s view of Shabbat is that it’s a series of don’ts. Don’t do this, don’t …
A New Year Every Day
The following is from Jewniverse, which is a very clever and often funny daily e-mail from myjewishlearning.com. Many Jews try not …
The Power of Ritual
My friend Chick Silberman wrote: “So why do you need to talk about God – unless congregants ask you? I …
100 blessings a day
I’ve been thinking about blessings lately. This is mostly because I’m helping a kid prepare for his Bar Mitzvah, and …
Krayna’s Blessing
As you might imagine, I am up to my eyeballs in Yom Kippur prep, so by the end of a long …
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